Andrew Rannells

Andrew Rannells

Birthdate
August 23, 1978 (46 years old)
Place of Birth
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
August 23, 1978 (46 years old)
Place of Birth
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Known For
Acting

Biography

Andrew Scott Rannells was born on August 23, 1978 in the city of Omaha (Nebraska), in the United States. He studied in the Creighton Preparatory School in his hometown, and after finishing secondary, briefly attended Marymount Manhattan College. Throughout his career, Rannells won a Grammy Award and was nominated for the Tony Awards. He is known for his portrayal as Elder Price in the 2011 Broadway musical "The Book of Mormon", for which he received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. He won the 2012 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album as a featured soloist on the musical's original Broadway cast recording. His other credits on Broadway include the works of "Jersey Boys" as Bob Gaudio and "Hairspray", as Link Larkin. Andrew began his career in film and television in the mid-90's, developed primarily as a voice artist. Between the numerous animated series in which he has worked, titles are counted as "Street Sharks", "One Piece", "Yugio: Duel Monsters", "Yu-Gi-Oh!", "Liberty's Kids: Est. 1776", "Shaman Kingu," Kakutou ryouri densetsu bistro recipe", " Cubix, "Sonic X", Robots for Everyone", "Pokémon" and" Shukan Pok mon hosokyoku ". Rannells played the role of Elijah Krantz on the HBO series "Girls" and had the leading role of Bryan Buckley in the NBC series "The New Normal". Andrew also filmed some feature films - he had a brief participation in "Sex and the City 2" (2010), and a role of starring in the comedy starring Kirsten Dunst, "Bachelorette" (2012). In 2014, Rannells filled in as a replacement for Hedwig in the rock musical "Hedwig and the Angry Inch". A year later, Rannells briefly played the role of King George III in the hit Broadway musical "Hamilton". He soon secured the role of Whizzer Brown in the Broadway revival of "Falsettos", directed by James Lapine. In 2018, Rannells portrayed the role of Larry in the Broadway musical "The Boys in the Band", alongside other notable actors. He is currently playing the role of Blair Pfaff in the American comedy series "Black Monday" on Showtime.

Andrew Rannells's LGBTQ+ Titles

The Boys in the Band
The Boys in the Band
Larry
The Prom
The Prom
Trent Oliver

Acting (68)

A Simple Favor 2 as Darren
Miss You, Love You
2024
I Don't Understand You as Cole
2023
Our Son as Matthew
2023
Trolls Band Together as Veneer (voice)
2023
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake as Gary Prince (voice) (5 episodes)
2023
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake as Gary Prince / Monster Gary (voice) (1 episode)
2023
Queer Planet as Narrator
2023
History of the World: Part II as Sergei the Photographer (1 episode)
2022
Welcome to Chippendales as Bradford Barton (4 episodes)
2022
Sherri as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2022
Reopening: The Broadway Revival as Self
2021
Katy Perry: Sweet Dreams as Self
2021
Girls5eva as Kev Hamlin (8 episodes)
2021
INVINCIBLE as Everest Climber (voice) (1 episode)
2021
INVINCIBLE as William (voice) (12 episodes)
2021
The Great North as Rocky Ritz (voice) (1 episode)
2020
The Stand In as Nico
2020
The Prom as Trent Oliver
2020
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America as Prior Walter
2020
2020
The Boys in the Band: Something Personal as Self
2020
Central Park as Griffin (voice) (2 episodes)
2020
Duncanville as Bryce (voice) (1 episode)
2019
A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self (1 episode)
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self (1 episode)
2019
Black Monday as Blair Pfaff (30 episodes)
2018
The Romanoffs as David Patton (1 episode)
2018
A Simple Favor as Darren
2018
Andrew Rannells in Concert
2017
Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
2017
Big Mouth (1 episode)
2017
Big Mouth as Matthew (voice) (30 episodes)
2017
Big Mouth as Matthew MacDell (voice) (51 episodes)
2017
Will & Grace as Reggie (1 episode)
2017
Falsettos as Whizzer
2017
A Goodbye to Girls as Self
2017
100 Years as Narrator (voice)
2016
Why Him? as Blaine Pederman
2016
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee as Self (1 episode)
2015
The Intern as Cameron
2015
Another Period as Bertram Harrison Fusselforth VII (3 episodes)
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self (4 episodes)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self (4 episodes)
2014
Russian Broadway Shut Down
2013
Sofia the First as Skye (voice) (1 episode)
2012
The New Normal as Bryan Collins (22 episodes)
2012
Comedy Bang! Bang! as Quinn Abernathy (1 episode)
2012
Girls as Elijah Krantz (33 episodes)
2012
Bachelorette as Manny
2011
Bob's Burgers as Hayden (voice) (1 episode)
2010
Conan as Self (1 episode)
2010
Sex and the City 2 as Wedding Chorus
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest (6 episodes)
2009
Glee as Andrew Rannells (1 episode)
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Judge (1 episode)
2005
How I Met Your Mother as Darren (2 episodes)
2003
The Archies in JugMan as Archie Andrews (Voice)
2003
The Fight for the Fox Box as Jack Kowalski / Connor / Decoe (voice)
2003
Little Longnose as Jacob (English version, voice)
2002
Liberty's Kids (40 episodes)
2001
Cubix: Robots for Everyone as Connor (26 episodes)
2000
Archie's Weird Mysteries: Archie and the Riverdale Vampires as Archie Andrews / Vampire #2
1999
Archie's Weird Mysteries (1 episode)
1999
Archie's Weird Mysteries as Archie Andrews (40 episodes)
1994
Street Sharks as Streex (voice) (40 episodes)
1989
The Simpsons as Andrew Rannells (voice) (1 episode)
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Performer (1 episode)

Directing (1)

2019
Modern Love • Director (1 episode)
• Director (1 episode)

Production (1)

2019
Black Monday • Producer (30 episodes)
• Producer (30 episodes)

Writing (1)

2019
Modern Love • Writer (1 episode)
• Writer (1 episode)